labor - Lawyer wins fights for workers' wages

The Australian follows an earlier story in The Standard about peasant turned lawyer Sun Wusheng who has suddenly discovered he can win in court cases against builders who do not pay their workers. Non-paid salaries at construction sites amount to an estimated 100 billion Renminbi (US$ 16.1 billion).
A different political wind, initiated by premier Wen Jiabao, has made China's courts more willing to honor complaints about non-paid wages. A nice illustration also how the media support this political change.